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Data: 04/05/2017
Eurydice Newsletter 2017 – Spring 2017 Edition - 04/05/2017
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Welcome to the Eurydice Newsletter
Welcome to the spring 2017 edition of the Eurydice Newsletter. Our Newsletter provides you with updates on the most recent and forthcoming Eurydice publications, as well as news from the European education world. Education systems vary significantly across Europe, and Eurydice aims at understanding and clearly explaining how those systems work.
Focus on articles
• Homework: what is it good for?
“I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.” - Bill Watterson.
According to the recent OECD PISA 2015 data, 15-year old pupils spend on average 17 hours per week on activities such as homework, additional instruction and private study. Data from the Eurydice publication on instruction time tells us that the average length of a school week in Europe for the same age group is around 26 hours. The two together add up to a total of 43 hours of formal learning per week – more than a normal full-time job. But is all this time spent on school related work really worth it? Read more.
• Education systems in a post-truth world
"I think people in this country have had enough of experts" – Michael Gove, former Secretary of State for Education of the United Kingdom.
There is no denying that evidence and those providing it are under fire in the public debate. The word 'post-truth' has become so ubiquitous in our everyday discussion of politics that the Oxford English Dictionary has declared it its Word of the Year 2016. Evidence, or 'facts' are arguably increasingly replaced by deep-held beliefs that many politicians regard as true despite there either being no evidence to support them or even ample proof to contradict them. This development inevitably leads to the question: Can you run an education system on beliefs alone? Read more.
• What future for student mobility?
"I look forward to a United States of Europe, in which the barriers between the nations will be greatly minimised and unrestricted travel will be possible" - Winston Churchill in 1942.
Citizens of the EU have the right to live, work and study in other EU countries. With a huge number of study options available, many young Europeans are choosing to pursue their studies abroad. The option of studying abroad is famously supported by the Erasmus programme, which fosters student exchange between learning institutions for periods of up to a year, and which in 2017 is celebrating its 30th anniversary. While the popularity of the EU may fluctuate, the popularity of Erasmus is enduring, with close to 4.5 million students having now spent time studying or working abroad under the scheme. Indeed, to young Europeans, many of whom have never known a time before EU citizenship, the ability to study abroad feels like a right to which they feel entitled. Read more.
Latest publications
• Support mechanisms for Evidence-based Policy-Making
This report is a mapping of mechanisms providing different types of evidence for policy makers to enable them to make well-informed policy decisions based on evidence. Read more.
• Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe 2016 – Thematic Overviews
More than 30 structural indicators examine country progress in five areas: early childhood education and care, achievement in basic skills, early leaving from education, higher education and graduate employability, each chapter is now available as a separate publication that can be downloaded individually. Read more.
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